AM Update | City Council opts not to spend $200,000 to help keep Rockrimmon Library open

PLUS | 5 questions facing CU Buffs during second bye week + Highland Lakes fire update No images? [Click here]( Springs AM Update Good morning. It’s Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Take 5 minutes to catch up on what's happening in Colorado. In today's edition: - [City Council opts not to spend $200,000 to help keep Rockrimmon Library open]( - [5 questions facing Deion Sanders, CU Buffs during second bye week]( - [Highland Lakes fire in Divide gains 60% containment as 'aggressive' response pays off]( [City Council opts not to spend $200,000 to help keep Rockrimmon Library open]( One more avenue to keep the Rockrimmon Library open has closed after the Colorado Springs City Council opted against helping pay for the building's lease next year. [Read More]( Did you miss this? [5 Colorado Springs coffee shops with fall drink menus]( [Highland Lakes fire evacuees appreciate open doors provided by friends, neighbors]( [7 Colorado state parks to include on your 'winter bucket list']( [5 questions facing Deion Sanders, CU Buffs during second bye week]( Deion Sanders and Colorado couldn’t have asked for two more well-timed bye weeks. [Read more]( [Highland Lakes fire in Divide gains 60% containment as 'aggressive' response pays off]( A frightful, human-caused fire, which started at a house in the middle of a subdivision in Divide Monday afternoon and quickly grew to the point of firefighters beating back flames from the backside of many homes, by 4:30 p.m. Tuesday had reached 60% containment, as 150 firefighters worked around the clock to best what had the potential to morph into a scary beast. [Read more]( [Colorado DMV teaming up with Uber to prevent DUIs this Halloween]( This Halloween, the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles is launching a new campaign to prevent DUIs in collaboration with the Colorado Department of Transportation and Uber. [Read more]( [[SPONSORED] Colorado Community Health Alliance Works to Alleviate Food Insecurity and Improve Health Through Food is Medicine for Those Living in Colorado Springs and Beyond]( Nutritious food can be a powerful tool in disease management and prevention, as shown in the critical link between nutrition and health. Food is medicine! Health eating matters! [Read More]( [Check out our Weekend Roundup podcast here]( MORE TOP STORIES The last campaign finance report before Election Day shows millions are being spent on that would upend Colorado’s election system [in favor of ranked-choice voting](, in which candidates are selected by order of preference. Air Force appears to have its [full contingent of quarterbacks]( as it prepares for a trip to No. 21 Army. A Grand Junction teenager is responding to dialysis treatment after she ate a McDonald's Quarter Pounder in early October and was [flown to Children's Hospital Colorado with life threatening injuries]( ten days later. Before you go... [This morning's weather from American Furniture Warehouse]( Partly cloudy skies during the morning hours will give way to occasional showers in the afternoon. Cool. High 44F. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50%. [Facebook]([Twitter]([Instagram]([LinkedIn]([YouTube]([TikTok]( Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up [here.]( Engage in the conversation in [today's eEdition](. Interested in podcasts? Check out ours [here](. The Gazette [Share]( [Tweet]( [Share]( [Forward]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 You are receiving this email because you signed up for Springs AM Updates. [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](